A man who died after driving into the Pocomoke River in Maryland had been reported missing in Delaware on New Year's Eve, Dover police say.

Dover police issued a Gold Alert for Wilbur "Eugene" Bray, 86, on Monday night, saying he had been last seen that morning driving a red van. "Bray suffers from a condition that may pose a threat to his well-being if not monitored properly," police said in the alert.

Around 10 p.m., two witnesses saw a van driving off a dock into the river in Pocomoke City, Maryland, police said, about 90 miles south of Dover.

Police there told Dover police that the van matched the description of Bray's vehicle, police said. The vehicle was eventually found and Bray was taken to Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, where he was pronounced dead at 4:30 a.m. on New Year's Day.